Month: April 2020

Will there be a baby boom in nine months? Is this a bad time to get pregnant? Could PrEP protect me? And should high-risk people abstain altogether? View original article Contributor:

These decorated eggs trace the stories of my grandmother’s life and the hardships she survived. View original article Contributor:

New York began burying its unclaimed dead on Hart Island. More than 16 million Americans have lost their jobs. U.S. companies were teetering, and a disaster loan plan for small businesses was unraveling. View original article Contributor:

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E.U. officials agreed on a €540 billion coronavirus loan package that critics say doesn’t do enough for Spain and Italy. China reclassified dogs as pets, not livestock, as part of a clampdown on animal consumption and trade. View original article Contributor:

As European countries settle into weeks of tough measures to limit the spread of COVID-19, governments are beginning to chart possible routes out of their lockdowns. Austria and Denmark have both announced an easing of restrictions, with the opening of small stores and elementary schools. Researchers in the U.K. have presented the government with a … Read more

(NEW YORK) — As health officials around the world push to get more ventilators to treat coronavirus patients, some doctors are moving away from using the breathing machines when they can. The reason: Some hospitals have reported unusually high death rates for coronavirus patients on ventilators, and some doctors worry that the machines could be … Read more

Amid a shortage of medical-grade face masks, such as surgical masks (loose-fitting, disposable masks that block large droplets but don’t filter small particles) and N95 respirators (tight-fitting face coverings that filter out small particles), the U.S. federal government recently changed its recommendations, suggesting now that all residents wear homemade facial coverings when they have to … Read more

When Chloe Fu, 24, went for a run on Monday evening, the streets of Stockholm were filled with people drinking on restaurant patios, enjoying the first warm day of sunshine after a long winter. “When you walk around, there is a total and utter absence of panic,” Fu says, who moved to Sweden from the … Read more

(JOHANNESBURG) — The callers were in tears. One by one, women in homes across rural Zimbabwe had a pleading question: When would family planning services return? Lockdowns imposed to curb the coronavirus’ spread have put millions of women in Africa, Asia and elsewhere out of reach of birth control and other sexual and reproductive health … Read more